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David Chung performs extensively on both historic and modern keyboard instruments to critical acclaim in cities across Europe, North America and Asia. He has appeared in the Festival d’Ile-de-France, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival, Cambridge Early Keyboard Festival, Vesper Concert Series in Lubbock, Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival, Le French May Arts Festival and Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival, and performed in recital series of the Benton Fletcher Collection, the Cobbe Collection and the Handel House. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with such artists as Runa Baagøe, Victoria Brawn, Lorenzo Colitto, Ian Davidson, Jane Downer, Peter Hanson, Monica Huggett, Henning Kraggerud, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, and Jari Puhakka. His recordings range across French baroque music and stylus phantasticus works by Bach and his contemporaries.
Chung’s scholarly contributions include articles and reviews in Early Music, Early Keyboard Journal, Journal of Eighteenth-Century Music, Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music, Music and Letters, Music & Practice, Notes, Revue belge de musicologie and Revue de musicologie. His edition of unpublished keyboard arrangements of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s music is available from the Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music (www.sscm-wlscm.org) and his Online Thematic Catalogue of Lully Keyboard Arrangements (OTCL) available from digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/OTCL/. As teacher he has given lectures and masterclasses in institutions including the Trinity College of Music, Texas State University, UT Austin, the Central Conservatory of Beijing, the Tainan University of Technology and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
A Commonwealth Scholar, Chung contributes to the digital timeline of CSC's history, which showcases key achievements of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows.
Research Interests
French harpsichord
Keyboard Transcriptions
Performance Practice
Seventeenth-Century Music
Digital Scholarship
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digital Edition of Unpublished Seventeenth-Century French Harpsichord Music with an Online, Open-Access Catalogue
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research project
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OTCL: Online Thematic Catalogue of Lully Keyboard Arrangements
1/07/17 → 31/08/18
Project: Digital scholarship project
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A Study of Sources and Performance Practice Issues in Recently-Rediscovered Manuscripts of Seventeenth-Century French Harpsichord Music
1/12/14 → 31/05/18
Project: Research project
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The Significance of the Preludes with Figured Bass in F-Pn Vm8 1139 for Keyboard Pedagogy in Early Eighteenth-Century France
Chung, D. Y. S., 8 Feb 2024, Figured Bass Accompaniment in Europe. Ticli, L. (ed.). Turnhot: Brepols Publishers, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Live broadcast: Christmas Concert in the Park: The Lark Ascending
Poon, J. M. L., Chung, D. Y. S., Droscha, I. & Weng, S., 24 Dec 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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Planting Music: Jockey Club Musicus heritage stories
CHUNG, D. Y. S., Lee, T. & Warren-Green, C., 13 May 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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What recordings of 17th-century French harpsichord music (1980-2020) tell us about interpretative strategies and embellishment styles
Chung, D. Y. S., 10 Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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French music reimagined
Chung, D., Feb 2022, In: Early Music. 50, 1, p. 141-144 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review